Useless without HDMI TV: Some publishers have "promised" not to enforce this- but who wants to spend this kind of money on a time bomb?
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Actually, the DRM you referred to exists in both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD machines, but as of this posting ALL movie studios have said they would rather not enforce downrezzing than have a large yellow sticker on the cover of their movies stipilating that the disc will indeed downconvert, which they would be forced to do if they chose to exercise that option. Furthermore, the first generation players will be grandfathered, meaning even if a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD disc contains software to require downrezzing for analog out, it will not do so on those players. This little point has been made and debunked thoroughly over and over. Even when players do come out that require HDMI connections for full HD content will downres to 525p, which looks considerably better than the 480p that high-end DVD players can do. Worst case scenario, Blu-Ray does everything and more that your DVD player will do. Best case scenario, it does a hell of a lot more.
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No TV made can decode HD bitstreams. Some receivers can, but it is irrelevant. Only computers can currently send deep color. It is not part of the spec in any of the old/new media. Having HDMI 1.3 is essentially useless on the TV.
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Ignore the post about the Monster HDMI cable. The HDMI signal is digital and it pretty much makes it there OK or you'll see some obvious picture artifacts that don't include blurring. While Monster (mostly) makes good cables, their claims of higher quality video are mostly hype. Motion blur: It's most likely to be the source material with the modern offerings of good LCD TVs, but older or less expensive LCDs could definitely suffer from it due to the slow response time of the LCD panel. If you're wondering about it in regards to TVs that do 120Hz, I'm on the fence on whether the 120Hz processing does anything useful. I've seen some TVs where the 120Hz processing does some pretty ugly things to the picture. I'm yet to see one that does something to noticeably improve the picture, but maybe some do. Right now I'm leaning towards 120Hz processing being a marketing feature primarily created to make you think your current TV is obsolete.
1105135
Nothing on the box, the manual or TV options even hints of this feature, so I say no.
1334129
I can't say whether this TV model is being fazed out. It will work fine after the switch to digital TV. My guess is that it does not have an HDMI port because there's no reason for it to have one. What would you use the HDMI port for? It already has a DVD player built-in. It's so small you wouldn't want to spend $200+ to connect a Blu-Ray Player to it, or a home theater system. Regular cable doesn't require HDMI (though HD Cable might, but are you going to pay to rent a Digital Cable Box for a tiny TV?).
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Well maybe I misunderstood the purpose for it, but from what I read I thought I you could plug it into the back of the TV, and use it to see anything on my computer screen, on my 82 inch TV. Apparently you can't, so as far as I am concerned, it was a waste of money. In the end I bought a 20 foot HDMI cord and hooked the two of them together. It does work for Hulu if that's what you are interested in.
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV.
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I'm waiting on my roku, so take this advice with a grain of salt. From what I've read on the reviews, it seems that you can hook it up via A/V RCA cables, so no HDMI is required if you have a SD TV. A lot of folks on here seem to have SD TV setups, so I think HDMI is an option not a requirement.
427783
yes... I agree with switching to an hdmi cable if possible, but it will work.
1483136
Your Sony is now only used as a boat anchor, throw it overboard! Get a flat screen with an HDMI hook-up.
1012392
Yeah I already ordered all of the HDMI cables I need for this receiver from Monoprice. Now I will just act like I am not interested in it at all and maybe the price will drop back down. Think I'll head over to Circuit City tonight and just buy it there.
2013831
No it doesn't...quite strange (and disappointing) really. I recently purchased this and didn't even think to ask about the port since it's so common for electronics to have one. The system works as promised but without the HDMI port I'll be taking mine back. No point in forking over such a large amount of cash for something that doesn't have a port that even my cheap digital camera has!
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Correct, no HDMI. Also it doesn't make mention if this can be hung onto a wall.
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This "hub" will not connect to any TV without an HDMI input. It is only a hub - expanding one HDMI input to several.
1109225
You must buy a converter. The capability for hdmi is available the the cables are not. Must buy converter.
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Evening, these one wouldn't work; you will need hdmi to RCA Composite Video.
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I'm not sure if you have to use a hdmi cable, I think you can use av wires, but you won't get the full HD effect without hdmi.